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Rosemary Sharpley
20th January 2023
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Annihilation. Dir. Alex Garland. Netflix. 2018.

Annihilation. Dir. Alex Garland. Netflix. 2018. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/image-12.jpeg 516 344 Rosemary Sharpley Rosemary Sharpley https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/db572b9b5728eec5b0a91ff6b424d332?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2023 6th March 2023

“It’s not destroying. It’s creating something new”. https://youtu.be/0m3cPEbwwhg Figure 1 – film trailer Annihilation, by definition, is something “Completely destroyed; nothingness, non-existence”, Yet Alex Garland’s 2018 film entirely rethinks what…

Grace Hogg
20th January 2023
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I’m Thinking of Ending Things. Dir. Charlie Kaufman. Netflix. 2020.

I’m Thinking of Ending Things. Dir. Charlie Kaufman. Netflix. 2020. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/car-outside.png 696 350 Grace Hogg Grace Hogg https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ef0788138d43a8082a04531b21ca1d78?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2023 20th March 2023

“There’s just something… ineffable. Profoundly, unutterably, unfixably wrong here.”

Victoria Coffell
20th January 2023
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Sonnie’s Edge. Dir. Dave Wilson. Netflix. 2019

Sonnie’s Edge. Dir. Dave Wilson. Netflix. 2019 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/A2AF6816-D52E-4209-AFFD-A2930F8F7ECC-scaled.jpeg 2560 1266 Victoria Coffell Victoria Coffell https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8444b0040f16b3ab3abb43ca14170f1e?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2023 6th March 2023

That fear of death. Do you feel it? Are you scared now?– Sonnie Content warning: sexual assault, female violence, abuse Netflix’s animated anthology, Love Death & Robots, first aired in 2019, enticing…

Victoria Coffell
17th January 2023
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Mason’s Rats. Dir. Carlos Stevens. Netflix. 2022.

Mason’s Rats. Dir. Carlos Stevens. Netflix. 2022. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/A9339822-EDF7-442C-A66E-F2D8A36FF5C2-scaled.jpeg 2560 1350 Victoria Coffell Victoria Coffell https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8444b0040f16b3ab3abb43ca14170f1e?s=96&d=mm&r=g 17th January 2023 17th January 2023

“Like World War fucking IV.” Figure 1: Mason receives a warning from the rats The Love, Death and Robots’ episode, Mason’s Rats, centres around conflict regarding control and the co-existence of humans and animals,…

Alison Johnston
15th January 2023
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Bird Box. Dir. Susanne Bier. Netflix. 2018.

Bird Box. Dir. Susanne Bier. Netflix. 2018. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Bird-Box.jpg 1067 538 Alison Johnston Alison Johnston https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/81012d24f37ea246bbfaea54c2ee3858?s=96&d=mm&r=g 15th January 2023 15th January 2023

Susanne Bier’s Bird Box follows Malorie Hayes as she navigates the events and aftermath of an outbreak of creatures, which seem to take on the form of a person’s worst…

Amelia Keen
18th January 2022
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Okja. Dir. Bong Joon-ho. Netflix. 2017

Okja. Dir. Bong Joon-ho. Netflix. 2017 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/okjamija.jpg 1024 427 Amelia Keen Amelia Keen https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b15639a5783c8a97ed344d89e0ccb446?s=96&d=mm&r=g 18th January 2022 18th January 2022

There are two kinds of pigs that make an appearance in Okja; genetically modified super-pigs and greedy, corporate capitalist pigs. The slaughterhouse scene forces the viewer to dispel any false…

Lois Jones
17th January 2022
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Don’t Look Up, Adam McKay, 2021, Netflix

Don’t Look Up, Adam McKay, 2021, Netflix https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Lois Jones Lois Jones https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a77232b69ddc25f8e3079e4e739ef3e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g 17th January 2022 17th January 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbIxYm3mKzI “You’re going to die! You’re going to die!” Through a plot that follows the fight for a response to humanity’s impending doom when a comet is discovered to be…

Rachel Davies
17th January 2022
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Penguin Bloom. Dir. Glendyn Ivin. Netflix, Inc. 2021.

Penguin Bloom. Dir. Glendyn Ivin. Netflix, Inc. 2021. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Penguin-Bloom.jpg 543 269 Rachel Davies Rachel Davies https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ea96bfdf2beaeab7f39f5b5f10e7d62c?s=96&d=mm&r=g 17th January 2022 17th January 2022

Inspired by true events, Penguin Bloom tells the story of Sam Bloom, a mother and wife who became paralysed after a serious accident. As she struggles through a difficult recovery,…

Athena Solomon Berhane
5th February 2021
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The Platform (El Hoyo). Dir. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia. Festival Films & Netflix. 2019

The Platform (El Hoyo). Dir. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia. Festival Films & Netflix. 2019 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Athena Solomon Berhane Athena Solomon Berhane https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/45253d034e9dd3fe74e4418bfa6962a4?s=96&d=mm&r=g 5th February 2021 17th March 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNMhRiyraxE&ab_channel=WatchTheFrame%3F Of course, it is odd to gaze from social isolation into absolute claustrophobia while still in a lockdown: Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s twisted dystopian Sci-Fi thriller El Hoyo (in international release…

Athena Solomon Berhane
27th January 2021
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The Platform (El Hoyo). Dir. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia. Festival Films & Netflix. 2019

The Platform (El Hoyo). Dir. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia. Festival Films & Netflix. 2019 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Athena Solomon Berhane Athena Solomon Berhane https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/45253d034e9dd3fe74e4418bfa6962a4?s=96&d=mm&r=g 27th January 2021 17th March 2022

In the movie snails are a metaphor for human cruelty and cannibalism. In the twisted dystopian science fiction movie “The Platform,” inmates of a vertically piled up prison, with two…